Wednesday, March 23, 2011

These are things from random moments in time.

I wrote this when I was messed up on painkillers: There is little inspiration to be found in contentment. The fact that that's all I have to say tells you how content I am.

This is what i have to say about manipulation: I've never significantly manipulated anyone, then again, I don't think I've never met anyone worth manipulating, or had a good enough reason to try. It's a strange thing, people are always on the look out for manipulators, at work, at school, and they always accuse people of meddling or controlling. I believe you have to be a weak or immature person to be significantly manipulated. The manipulator, on the other hand, resides in a grey area, it depends on what they are persuading the person to do, and for what reason. Not sure where I'm going with this but it's an interesting thing to think about.

I'm starting to get a good amount of responses and follows, I guess that means I'll keep up with the posts, hope you guys enjoy psychology and literature as much as I do!

P.S. Currently reading Frank Herbert's Dune for the first time, if you haven't already read it, check it out.

18 comments:

  1. Manipulation is just a bad name for persuasion. Negotiators are in a good light whereas liars are not.

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  2. True dat, it's all about the significance the words carry and how they're interpreted.

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  3. Manipulation of the ignorant masses AKA religion. Sad that the world has turned out the way it had. I'm sure we would have progressed at a much faster rate as a species if it wasn't for religions holding us back with all its intolerances.

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  4. People who get manipulated are weak, and that's the end of the story. It isn't hard when you know what to say to a person like that.

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  5. some people get manipulated (in the negative way), realize it and follow along with it. that's some true mental illness.

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  6. I write stuff like this on painkillers too :P

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  7. The best manipulators make their victims think they're actually in control...

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  8. Manipulation is fun. Try it sometime.

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  9. Maybe manipulation is some kind of prank/joke. We should be carfull with fanatic-politic-religy-manipulators. But how can we recognize them?

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  10. I've met people who have tried to manipulate me. From my experience, you have to be retarded to actually be effected by it though. Just think for yourself, and don't be an idiot.

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  11. i like your musing and thoughts. theyre pretty insightful and i feel i can relate to your words. like-minded much eh? keep up the good work!

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  12. Wow, interesting post. Very deep.

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